![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She uses different intonations for different characters for variety, but not different voices - her rhythm is wonderful, and her accents in French for example, are very comprehensible. Her expression is always lively, her emotion appropriate and her pronunciation is perfect. On the contrary, 'Anna Karenina' contains long disquisitions on political and agrarian economy which are very demanding of a wonderful narrator and are well served by Davina Porter. What a nice surprise! The recording is as good as anything being recorded today, and despite being a really picky listener I have no complaints at all. I listened to a sample, dreading the thought of buying yet ANOTHER version (I mistakenly bought two different versions in 2004) to get good sound. For some reason I recently decided I was 'in the mood'. I bought this Davina Porter audio YEARS ago and could never face so much time with one book. Excellent Narration enhances Very Long Book!Īlthough I always yearn to listen to Russian novels due to fond memories of reading them many years ago, I have been discouraged from trying an audio version because the length means I will be reading the same book for a whole month now that I have so little free time to read compared to when I was a student. ![]()
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